Thickness of multi plait.

[chappy]

I am going to splice some 8 strand multi plait onto my 6mm anchor chain, what will be the recomended thickness of the multi plait.
Cheers.
Dave.

 

[sailorman]

check-out the jimmy green web site.
might help

 

[TigaWave]

MCA code again.... main anchor 8mm chain 12mm nylon rope
kedge 6mm chain 10mm rope.

 

[ashanta]

Chappy,

I used to have a Horizon 26 and 6mm with octoplait was absolutely sufficient.

Regards.

Peter.

 

[snowleopard]

that sounds surprisingly light. when i set up my anchoring i used 6mm chain and was told that 14mm warp would be ideal but i had to go down to 12mm because that was the size required for the windlass.

 

[TigaWave]

I know, it does....but they are the minimum requirements for coded vessels, so a good minimum for light boats in sheltered use possibly.
I went for larger personally.

 

[Anonymous]

Do make sure that you will be physically able to get the pairs through, if you are going to splice this yourself. I inherited a great deal of 24mm octoplait and wanted to splice it onto my 10mm chain but it is just a bit too big - can't get it through. So I will have to go out and buy a length of 16mm or 18mm just to be able to physically splice it.

 

[whisper]

We've got 8mm chain and I can splice up to 16mm octoplait onto it. You may therefore be able to use 14mm with 6mm chain.

 

[machurley22]

I've got 1/4" chain with 12mm multiplait.

Dave